I like cross dowels. They’re those little metal dealies that are used in a lot of furniture and cabinets from Ikea and places like that. You can buy them ready made, but I have some useful equipment to make them. Continue reading →

Spring is here after a brutal Minnesota winter (fifth snowiest on record) and I’m thinking of flowers.  This one is about 4 inches wide and cuts in less than a minute. It could add a nice decorative touch to a cabinet or bookcase indoors, or adorn a gate, fence, or deck outdoors.

This is a group of them which has been stretched, pulled, and rotated  to “individualize” them.  I personally like a more organic look like this, but I realize and respect that for a lot of people symmetry in design provides shelter from a chaotic world. The board is held in place on the machine by vacuum and the duct tape seals the edges. Usually I can pull a slightly warped board perfectly flat with the vacuum, which helps immensely when doing a low relief like this.

Here is an example of a pushthrough sign:

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Here are the plates I made for John Scherer assembled:

I also made the angle brackets at the upper corners.

Link to blog entry at TCMaker.

Here’s a job I did for John Scherer over at the Hack Factory.

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At this very early stage in developing my business a lot of what I’m doing is helping people understand what I can do for them. Here’s something I made to take over and show the guys at the Hack Factory, home to Twin Cities Maker, a great bunch of folks who prove that Yankee Ingenuity is alive and well, and thriving in Minneapolis’ Seward Neighborhood.

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